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Cell Metabolism is Now Available
The Library has recently added Cell Metabolism to the collections. The journal is published by Cell Press and has an impact factor of 18.07. The content is freely available online 12 months after publication.
You can access the journal from here, or through the MSKsearch search box from the Library’s Website.
Cell Metabolism publishes papers in any aspect of basic and translational metabolic research, including (but not limited to):
- Adipogenesis/lipids
- Obesity
- Diabetes
- Cardiovascular disease
- Hypertension
- Bone homeostasis
- Aging and stress response
- Energy balance
- Mitochondria
- Hormone receptors
Cancer Research News: February 29 – March 13
- Combination therapy may increase Gemcitabine levels for pancreatic cancer.
- Targeted therapy Vemurafenib improves survival in patients with metastatic melanoma.
- Chemotherapy can lead to cognitive deficits more than 20 years later.
- NEJM reports that tumor heterogeneity may complicate personalized medicine when targeting genes.
- Combined inhibition of VEGF and c-MET can slow tumor growth.
- Circumcision is associated with a reduction in risk of prostate cancer.